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Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
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61,952 sq.km of Recorded Forest Area in Maharashtra
228.81 ha area under encroachment in Maharashtra
Total Recorded Forest Area in the Country is 7,75,288 sq.km: India State of Forest Report
Mumbai, 15 March 2022
Maharashtra, the third largest state with a geographical area of 3,07,713 square kilometre has a total recorded forest area of 61,952 square kilometres. This includes 50,865 sq.km of Reserved Forest, 6,433 sq.km of Protected Forest and 4,654 sq.km of Unclassed Forests area. Unclassed Forest includes all forest other than Reserve Forest and Protected Forest as reported by State/UTs Forest Departments.
Also as per the information available with the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, 228.81 ha of the above mentioned forest area, is under encroachment.
This information was given by Minister of State, M/o Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Ashwini Kumar Choubey in reply to a question in Lok Sabha yesterday, 14th March 2022
Besides, state-wise details of Recorded Forest Area and Area under encroachment were also provided as given below. The total Recorded Forest Area in the Country is 7,75,288 square kilometre, as per the India State of Forest Report , 2021.
State and Union Territories wise details of Recorded Forest Area including the State of Maharashtra is given below:
Recorded Forest Areas  in States/UTs as per ISFR-2021

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State/ UT
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Geographical
Area 
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RFA 
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Total RFA 
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Sl. No.
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Reserved Forest
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Protected Forest
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Unclassed Forests|
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-
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Andhra Pradesh
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1,62,968
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31,959
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5,069
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230
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37,258
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-
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Arunachal Pradesh
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83,743
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12,371
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11,857
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27,312
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51,540
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-
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Assam
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78,438
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17,864
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0
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8,972
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26,836
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-
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Bihar
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94,163
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693
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6,183
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566
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7,442
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-
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Chhattisgarh
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1,35,192
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25,897
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24,036
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9,883
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59,816
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-
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Delhi
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1,483
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78
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25
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0
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103
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-
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Goa
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3,702
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119
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755
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397
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1,271
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-
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Gujarat
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196,244
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14,574
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2,898
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4,398
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21,870
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-
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Haryana
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44,212
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249
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1,158
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152
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1,559
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-
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Himachal Pradesh
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55,673
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1,883
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28,887
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7,178
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37,948
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-
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Jharkhand
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79,716
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4,500
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18,922
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1,696
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25,118
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-
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Karnataka
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191,791
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28,690
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3,931
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5,663
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38,284
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-
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Kerala
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38,852
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11,522
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0
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0
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11,522
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-
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Madhya Pradesh
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3,08,252
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61,886
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31,098
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1,705
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94,689
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-
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Maharashtra
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3,07,713
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50,865
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6,433
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4,654
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61,952
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-
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Manipur
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22,327
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984
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3,254
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13,180
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17,418
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-
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Meghalaya
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22,429
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1,113
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12
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8,371
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9,496
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-
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Mizoram
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21,081
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4,499
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1,823
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1,157
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7,479
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-
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Nagaland
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16,579
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234
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0
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8,389
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8,623
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-
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Odisha
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1,55,707
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36,049
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25,133
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22
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61,204
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-
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Punjab
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50,362
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44
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1,137
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1,903
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3,084
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-
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Rajasthan
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3,42,239
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12,176
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18,543
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2,144
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32,863
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-
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Sikkim
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7,096
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5,452
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389
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0
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5,841
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-
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Tamil Nadu
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1,30,060
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20,523
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1,053
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1,612
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23,188
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-
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Telangana
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1,12,077
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25,800
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1,592
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296
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27,688
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-
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Tripura
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10,486
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3,588
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2
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2,704
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6,294
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-
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Uttar Pradesh|
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2,40,928
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11,560
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296
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5,528
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17,384
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-
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Uttarakhand
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53,483
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26,547
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9,885
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1,568
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38,000
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-
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West Bengal
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88,752
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7,054
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3,772
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1,053
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11,879
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-
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A & N Islands
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8,249
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5,613
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1,558
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0
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7,171
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-
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Chandigarh
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114
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32
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0
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3
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35
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-
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Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu
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602
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203
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5
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6
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214
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-
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Jammu&
Kashmir
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